Ammonium Nitrate
(alias of 0222)

CAS RN:6484-52-2

Range of Toxicity

A) TOXICITY: The exact toxic dose is not well known. Nitrates in well water used to prepare infant feeding formula have been implicated as causing significant illness in children at 90 parts per million and death at 150 parts per million. Methemoglobinemia was not observed if water nitrate concentrations were below 10 mg/L nitrate-N.